Improvement in barrel-covers



E. B. GOMLY &;'W. 0. BROWN.

Barrel-Cover.

No. 208,570. Patented Oct. 1, 1878..

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ELI B. GOMLY AND WILLIAM 0. BROWN, OF LOGAN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,570, dated October1, 1878; application filed m August 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELI B. GoMLY and WILLIAM C. BROWN, of Logan,Hocking county, Ohio, have invented aB-arrel-Oover for coveringsugar-barrels or barrels of any description; and. we do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof,referencebeinghad to the accompanying draw ings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The invention relates to a circular cover fastened on the top of thebarrel. The cover contains a semicircular aperture, covered by a slidinglid, held in place by a screw or bolt, so fixed in reference to thecenter of the barrel as to allow the lid to be slid around, exposing theaperture without taking more space than the top of the barrel-cover.Said cover is fastened on the barrel on one side by means of barbsattached to a block fastened securely to the under side of the cover-onthe other side by means of a hinge knee-joint piercing the inside of thebarrel between the chine and the top.

To place the cover on the barrel, the barbs are placed in the chine ofthe barrel and the hinged kneejoint at an angle between the chine andthe top. The cover is then pressed down so as to reverse the angle ofthe hinge knee-joint, which securely fastens the cover on top of thebarrel.

In the drawing, A represents a semicircular lid, pivoted at or near thecenter of a barrelhead cover, B. This lid is intended to cover a hole oropening in the cover, has a knob, H by which it is manipulated, and itsmovement is limited by a stop, F, on the cover. The coverB has twodiametrically-arran ged blocks, D E, on its lower side, and placed nearits circumference. One of these is provided with barbs and the otherwith the end serrated hinged knee-joint or toggle-joint shown in thedrawing.

What we claim as new and of our invention The combination, with coverB,of the barbed block D and the end serrated knee-joint on block E, as andfor the purpose specified.

ELI B. COMLY. \VILLIAM O. BROWN.

Witnesses:

J N0. HANSEN, O. W. H. WRIGHT.

